Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is again to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. I again refer the minister to the Darrell Lea Australian workplace agreements—these workplace agreements I am holding up here—and the fact that these AWAs do not provide an increased casual hourly rate of pay from the existing rate of pay and do not provide for a pay increase over the five-year life of the agreement, while they do reduce the Saturday rate of pay, scrap Sunday penalty rates and scrap public holiday penalty rates. Will the minister confirm that this agreement, which strips the conditions and pay of these workers, is valid under Work Choices?

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